Improvement in lantern-handles



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE JAMES, OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERN-HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,559, dated April27, 1875; application filed March 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE JAMES, of North Adams, in the county ofBerkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Lantern-Handles, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure l is a side View of my improved lantern-handle. Fig. 2 is a viewof the same turned one-quarter around.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved lantern-handlewhich shall be so constructed that the lantern may hang straight orvertical, however it may be caught up and held, and which shall besimple in construction, neat in appearance, and readily applied to thelantern.

The invention consists in an improved lantern-handle, formed of thering, the swinging and sliding block, and the open hook-ring,constructed and combined with each other, as hereinafter fullydescribed.

A is a wire ring of convenient size, and upon which is placed a smallblock, B, which turns and slides freely upon the said ring A.

Through a hole in the lower part of the block B is passed an open wirering, 0, which is made with a small loop in its middle part, to preventthe block B from sliding upon it. The block B turns upon the Wire bailC, so as to enable the lantern to swing or oscillate without changingthe position of the ring A. Upon the ends of the wire 0 are formed hooksto hook into the lantern, and thus suspend it. When intended for the useof railroad-conductors, a small ring is attached to the top of the blockB, to receive a small hook attached to a strap, to be buckled around theconductors arm, so as to leave his hands free while suspending thelantern securely.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the swinging and sliding block Bwith the bail O and ring A, substantially as herein described, for thepurpose set forth.

THEODORE JAMES.

Witnesses:

A. W. PRESTON, EDWARD JAMES.

